Masela language

Masela (Marsela) is the language of Marsela Island in South Maluku, Indonesia. Regional varieties are distinct; Ethnologue counts it as three languages.

Masela
Marsela
Native to	Indonesia
Region	Maluku
Native speakers	(1,900 cited 1980–2007)[1]
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian (MP) Central–Eastern MP Timor–Babar Babar South Babar Masela–Southeast Masela
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Variously: mxz – Central Masela vme – East Masela mss – West Masela
Glottolog	cent2072  Central[2] east2462  East[3] west2535  West[4]

References

1. Central Masela at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
   East Masela at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
   West Masela at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
2. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Central Masela". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
3. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "East Masela". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
4. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "West Masela". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.

Further reading

Taber, Mark (1993). "Toward a Better Understanding of the Indigenous Languages of Southwestern Maluku." Oceanic Linguistics, Vol. 32, No. 2 (Winter, 1993), pp. 389–441. University of Hawai'i.